Adoptee Search: Boy Born 2009 Found by Azega River in Durame Adopted to the USA through Children’s House International and Bethzatha Children’s Home Association

Adoptive parents searching for the Ethiopian family of a male born in 2009 and found abandoned below a eucalyptus tree next to the Azega River at or near Angacha woreda in Durame, SNNPR. He was adopted in 2010 to the USA through Children’s House International and Bethzatha Children’s Home Association.

Submitted by Adoptive Parent

Child’s Information

Age of Child in Photo3 months

Gender of Child male

Year of child’s birth 2009

Ethiopian birth Name of Child Mikias (one report said Mikias Berhanu, but this was likely because the man who reportedly found him was named Berhanu)

Name of child at the time of adoption Mikias (Miki)

Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months

Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2009

Age of child at adoption 1

Year child was adopted 2010

Number of siblings/cousins adopted with the child 0

Number of siblings/cousins adopted to other families 0

Adoption Agency Information

Adoption agency through which the child was processed Children’s House International (USA)

Additional information about this orphanage or care center Police report was from Durame, so we believe that the Bethzatha orphanage in Durame is where he was first processed. Also, some of his initial paperwork was signed by Samuel Getahun.

Orphanage/care center #2

Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Thomas Center

Orphanage or care center representative Dates are confused in the paperwork, but our son could have been at the Thomas Center for eight months prior to adoption.

Additional information that could be useful in making a match Police report stated that Miki was found around 7:30pm wrapped in a green towel below a eucalyptus tree next to the Azega River at or near Angacha woreda. Berhanu M. supposedly took care of him for one night prior to turning Miki over to Durame police. There is a chance that his birthmother may have been ill.